Renesas CEO criticizes Japan's wage hike culture as 'very local'

Chipmaker aims to lead the way to more modern business practices

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More than half of Renesas' employees are not Japanese, and most of its sales are earned overseas. (Photo by Shotaro Mori)

RYO MUKANO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The Japanese business practice of uniformly implementing wage hikes is outdated and out of step with global norms, the chief of Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics said Tuesday.

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